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Legal

Guidelines Give More Clemency for Crack than Cannabis

Former president Obama released more prisoners through pardon and clemency than any other U.S. president in...

Legal

CA Cannabis Pioneers Hoping for Presidential Pardon

President Barack Obama has granted pardons and commutations of sentence to over 200 federal prisoners, most...

Legal

Radical Sentence Reduction Returns Beloved Cannabis Icon to CA

This Wednesday saw one of the most beloved prisoners of the war on cannabis leave federal...

In The Magazine

How Bernie Sanders Changed Marijuana Forever

In the histories still to be written about the long, hard fight for federal cannabis reform,...

Politics

Sanders Outperforms Bush On Cannabis At Town Halls

With the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary looming large on Saturday, Democrats traveled to Las...

Cultivation

So You Want to be a Grower?

Growing pot is really easy, and it will make you filthy rich, rich beyond your wildest...

In The Magazine

Cannabis Now Interviews Tommy Chong

At 76-years-old, Tommy Chong is at the height of his career. It was nearly 40 years...

Joint Opinions

The Butterfly Effect of Prohibition

By Federal Inmate 63131-097 Jasmine is a typical 12-year-old girl. She’s pretty, smart and loves cheerleading,...

Books

A Federal Marijuana Prisoner Reviews Two Books About the End of Cannabis Prohibition

It is somewhat strange and ironic to me to really be sitting in prison for federal...

Politics

Attorney General: It’s Unclear Whether Federal Government Can Force States to Criminalize Drugs

Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today for an oversight hearing in...

Joint Opinions

Obama Administration Shows Signs of Ending Cannabis Prohibition

President Barack Obama’s accomplishments in office are numerous and significant but for marijuana activists like myself,...

Joint Opinions

Project SAM Stands No Chance Against Cannabis Legalization

A loud and uniquely contemporary voice has emerged on the anti-pot front. Project SAM (Smart Approaches...

Politics

Members of Congress Ask Obama to Remove Cannabis from Schedule I Classification

A letter from 18 individual members of Congress requesting that the President Obama “instruct Attorney General...

Legal

Despite Drug Policy Reform, Half of U.S. Prisoners Still Serving Time for Non-Violent Drug Crimes

On Jan. 30, the Obama Administration announced an early release plan for non-violent drug offenders serving...

Economics

Top 10 Unlikely Marijuana Vacations

1. Kingston, Jamaica When cold weather arrives, or any time you want a ganja vacation, you...

Economics

Wall Street High

The continuing volatile and prosperous potential of today’s cannabis stock market.

Cultivation

Face of the Farmer: John Casali, Huckleberry Hill Farms

A second-generation heritage farmer in Southern Humboldt County shares his story, from farming with his mom,...

Edibles

Bohemian Rhapsody

How Alice B. Toklas became the accidental godmother of edibles.

In History

Legendary Emerald Triangle Freedom Fighter B.E. Smith Dies at 72

The Trinity County grower, who did time in federal prison for openly cultivating cannabis under California's...

Legal

Cannabis’s Unlikely Friend in the Fight for Reform: The Courts

As recent rulings in Mexico and Italy demonstrate, cannabis reform can sometimes be enacted through court...